The industry must become more transparent, and open to public as well as market scrutiny. The veil of secrecy and silence that these industries have been hiding under must be exposed, and no secrets allowed remaining within the four walls of the sweatshops. One could even create a system whereby workers and communities would be able to speak in the same language, and therefore, communicate better with each other through their own organizations and associations. If one could take all these steps, then these could well prove to be the best global solution to the problem of sweatshops and cheap labor and exploitation under the name of the organization. (O'Rourke, 2001)
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